design + style

For most of our still-young marriage we’ve had a steady stream of ugly, hand-me-down tables holding court as sort of placeholders in our kitchen or dining room, marking the spot where “someday” we’d put a real farmhouse table, a beautiful piece of furniture large enough to accommodate our growing collection…

I was going to write one of those perennially popular and always vaguely intriguing “day in the life” posts but there it sits, languishing in my drafts folder, because do you have any idea how much time it takes to assemble one of those bad boys? Especially if there are…

Snappy, yes? There’s a nesting bug infestation at our house right now, so at the end of this week’s list of must-reads from around the Catholic inter webs, I’ll regale you with a tale of two vanities. It was an endeavor of monumental proportions (mine) and really pleasing bang-for-buck, because…

Thought I’d kick it a little bit old school today with Christmas being just a handful of sleeps away, and most bloggers having fallen silent in the lead up to the Silent Night. I wandered around the dirty house snapping some phone pics after driving to school this morning to drop off…

(I have zero affiliation with the state of Kansas or their basketball team, so I apologize if that title gives offense. But it was irresistible.) Earlier this month, fed up with the 4.3 million to do items that it turns out are actually too hard for me to accomplish on…

Hi, I’m Jenny and I’m a closet real estate junkie. I devour episodes of House Hunters and read shelter magazines like 4 walls and a front door are going out of style. And I regularly nickel and dime our carefully-crafted monthly budget to death with “just one missing piece” or…

One of my most popular posts of all time is the little “how to” I banged out around this time last year about how to hack the KonMari method with a houseful of kids. Except, as a few commenters have pointed out lately, it devolved more into a “why to”…

Here’s the scoop. A gaggle of Catholic mothers who are artisans have joined together to sell their goods on an instagram account called “Zelieandco” after the wonderful Saint Zelie under the blessing of her handiwork. They offer one day flash sales every week, Tuesdays from 10CST til midnight. Their products are specially priced…

Kathryn the great agreed to grace this space with her presence once again, and for a piece that I wouldn’t have even thought of because…cradle Catholic. I love her perspective on Advent from a Catholic convert’s point of view. And you will too. (and I’m sorry this is posting a…

When Bonnie’s guest contribution for my little Advent series hit my inbox I breathed a sigh of relief. Because even though I’m blessed to be postpartum this Christmas season and not 38 weeks beautifully pregnant like she is, I’m still kind of a hot mess. This week, particularly, with 3 out…

About Me

Hi, I'm Jenny. I write about sex, life, marriage, culture, and the Catholic church. I'm a revert to Catholicism with a deep love for the Faith and a desire to grow in knowledge and understanding of what we believe, and why. And since I'm not a robot, I also write sometimes about my kids, traumatic trips to the grocery store, and great thrift store scores. Glad to have you here.